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Unit 4 - Macbeth Vocabulary and Key Concepts

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to Aristotle, tragic heroes are in possession of a fatal flaw. A Hamartia. What is Macbeth's hamartia?

a)

Jealousy

b)

His masculinity

c)

Ambition

d)

Mad knife skillz

2.

Aristotle said that tragic heroes show a excessive pride and disrespect for the natural order of things. This is referred to as hubris.

What is Macbeth's hubris?

a)

Macbeth's hubris is his ambition and arrogance which makes him feel invulnerable.

b)

Macbeth's hubris is his ability to converse with ghosts during suppertime.

c)

Macbeth's hubris is his warrior abilities that seemingly make him invulnerable.

d)

Macbeth's hubris is his unwavering acceptance of the witches' prophecies.

3.

The Great Chain of Being is the underpinning belief system for Macbeth.

What is The Great Chain of Being?

a)

A sturdy chain made up of interlocking rings crafted by jewellers.

b)

A hierarchical ordering of Middle-Age society that categorises people into positions of power based on their class and status

c)

The belief that the King is God's representative on Earth and as such, the chain should not be broken

d)

A hierarchical structure which was believed to be ordered by God. It included all life, and governed the social order during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods

4.

What is The Divine Right of Kings?

a)

A hierarchical ordering of Middle-Age society that categorises people into positions of power based on their class and status

b)

A legislated amendment to Jacobean laws that allowed James the 1st to execute any ambitious traitor

c)

A hierarchical structure which was believed to be ordered by God. It included all life, and governed the social order during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods

d)

The belief that Kings derived their authority from God and could not therefore be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority

5.

An important dramatic device used in Shakespearean plays is the soliloquy

What is it?

a)

A soliloquy is a popular literary device often used in drama to reveal the innermost thoughts of a character. The externalisation of thoughts are done as if the character is talking to themselves without acknowledging the presence of any other person.

b)

It is a literary device that is the speech or verbal presentation given by a single character in order to express his or her collection of thoughts and ideas aloud

c)

A form of language that has no formal metrical structure. It applies a natural flow of speech, and ordinary grammatical structure, rather than rhythmic structure, such as in the case of traditional poetry.

d)

literary device that demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables, particularly in verse form.

6.

What is regicide?

a)

To kill a queen

b)

To kill a mother

c)

To kill a father

d)

To kill a king

7.

Pathetic fallacy is repeated throughout the play.

What is it?

a)

A device that appeals to the bodily senses.

b)

A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things.

c)

A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated

d)

When weather phenomenon is indicative of human qualities and emotions

8.

Macbeth displays hegemonic masculinity

What is hegemony and what is its adjectival form?

a)

A version of masculinity that seems a man become more emotional. Hegemonise

b)

A version of masculinity that sees men pit themselves against each other. Hegemoniful

c)

It is when a man unseem'd another from the nave to th'chaps. Hegemon

d)

When an individual or group exercises dominance over others. Hegemonic

9.

Macbeth tries to expedite his ascension to the crown.

What is expedite?

a)

To travel (over a long duration) to a place of great uncertainty

b)

To use a dagger and kill someone of authority

c)

To work collaboratively with a partner

d)

Make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.

10.

What is a portent and what is its adjectival form

a)

A prophecy told by someone untrustworthy. Portenting

b)

A sign or warning that a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen. Portentous

c)

A symbol for virtuousness and happiness. Portentious

d)

A group of owls. Portentful

11.

What term best explains the following:

A typical character, an action, or a situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature

a)

Antagonist

b)

Archetype

c)

Prototype

d)

Protagonist

12.

What term best explains the following:

A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Contrast

c)

Dichotomy

d)

Comparison

13.

At what point in the play does Macbeth suffer a reversal in fortune (peripeteia)

a)

When he gets decapitated

b)

When Fleance eludes the murderers.

c)

When gets chastised by his wife

d)

When he kills Macduff's wife

14.

Which answer has the correct spelling?

a)

Soliloquy

b)

Soliloquoy

c)

Solilaquy

d)

Soliloquay

15.

Which of these is the best definition of femininity?

a)

A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is reckoned through the male line.

b)

A system of society or government ruled by a woman or women

c)

The advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.

d)

Qualities or attributes regarded as characteristic of women.

16.

Lady Macbeth emasculates her husband.

What is emasculation?

a)

Deprive a man of his male role or identity.

b)

To chastise a man for his feminine tendencies

c)

To gain feminine characteristics when one is a man

d)

To flatter a man's sense of manliness

17.

A common mistake students make is confusing conscience with conscious, and Macbeth suffers from having a guilty one of these.


What is the difference between conscience and conscious?

a)

Conscience is when a person is oblivious to one's surroundings whereas conscious is one person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour

b)

Conscience is a a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour, whereas conscious is when one person is oblivious to their surroundings

c)

Conscience is a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour, whereas conscious is having knowledge of something.

d)

Conscious is a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour, whereas conscience is having knowledge of something.

18.

Which of these is spelled correctly?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Shakespear

c)

Shakespare

d)

Shakespierre

19.

Epithets often feature before characters and or their titles in Macbeth, indicating their qualities.


Which of the following answers contains epithets that are specifically used to describe Macbeth in the play?

a)

Fiend-like King, fair and noble host, worthy Macbeth

b)

Ignoble Macbeth, worthy Macbeth, fiend-like King

c)

Noble Macbeth, brave Macbeth, valiant cousin, dead butcher, hell-hound.

d)

Peerless kinsmen, arrogant tyrant, honourable Macbeth

20.

What is the past tense form of the verb "prophesy"?

a)

Prophetic

b)

Prophecy

c)

Prophecised

d)

Prophesied